The MICE collaboration

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information on the C.E.R.N. strategy group
http//council-strategygroup.web.cern.ch/council-
strategygroup/ the membership consists of 1. a
preparatory group constituted of scientists
selected 'ad hominem' (I am a member of this)
2. representatives from the member states 3.
representatives of the main institutions/laborator
ies the aim of the strategy group is to
establish a document to be voted by C.E.R.N.
council (i.e. having the value of an
international treaty!) describing the strategy
for particle physics in Europe in general and at
CERN in particular. Non member states (USA,
Russia, Japan, China, India, Australia etc.. if I
am not mistaken) have observer status. This
statement can contain obvious things such as
commitment to LHC completion and exploitation,
can endorse the time scales for decisions on the
linear collider, can issue recommendations for
increased RD on accelerators or the need for
inter-European or global collaboration on design
studies for new facilities, endorse the interest
of neutrino or non-accelerator programs, etc. The
difference with previous exercises is the very
official character (binding to the member states)
that this one will take.
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The process will have three major milestones 1.
30 jan.06 -- 1 feb.06 in ORSAY a public
Symposium (similar to a 'town meeting') involving
a presentations by young European physicists
organized around the main particle physics
themes. (we should be very present!)From this
symposium the preparatory group will produce a
"briefing book"  which will serve as basis for
2. the workshop of the strategy group itself,
which will take place in Zeuthen (Berlin) from
2-6 May 2006. This will be essentially a week
long closed meeting, in which the 40 members
will be preparing a statement and supporting
documents to be endorsed by council in an 3.
exceptional C.E.R.N. council meeting in July 2006
in Lisbon. in the above CERN means 'the lab in
MeyrinPrevessin' and C.E.R.N. means the
"European Council for Particle Physics"